Many of us are filled with a great sense of wonder and awe when we have the opportunity to experience the ocean. It can excite and calm, mystify and inspire. The ocean stimulates all of our senses. We can see it, hear it, touch it, smell it and taste it. We can completely immerse ourselves in it.

As much as I love tramping through rainforest, admiring mountain views, watching rivers meander through impressive landscapes and discovering all kinds of plants an animals on land... there's something about the ocean that grabs me every time I'm near it.

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Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog



© Greenpeace/Vickers

Occasionally I wandered over to the bridge to see how the climbers were doing up the crane. At one point, a police van arrived and several men in bullet proof vests jumped out and scaled the fence on the side of the bridge. One of them told me he was glad this was happening because "it shows that people still care about the world" - then he grinned and said "but don't quote me on that!". He didn't have any idea I was with Greenpeace - he he.